Show NoteboOk War Correspondents Correspondent's Notebook American Uses Cattle to Blo i Destroy Nazi Tiger Tank n By Hal Dal no Boyle lc WITH U U. S S. S FIRST ARMY IN BELGIUM Delayed UP Bat lP-Bat- Bat Battle tle tIe sidelights A herd of Belgian cows was used by one enterprising American American American Amer Amer- ican officer as a. a roadblock Seeing a German Tiger tank approaching Lt Sidney P P. Dane glanced at his rifle rifle his his only weapon weapon and and decided he would have to use Ingenuity to stop the enemy vehicle Dane rushed Into a near by barn and chased six cows into the street He felled one cow with a rifle shot and the tho others began to mill around in panic The nazi tank halted before this unusual roadblock Before it could continue and fire on Its target an American bazooka team knocked it out The holder of the distinction of having the hottest foxhole in Europe is S Oswald E E. McKown McKevin Mc- Mc Kevin Kown of New Boston Tex but the climate had nothing to do with it lt He was lying in a foxhole when a German tank pulled up less than 10 feet away and began firing Each time the tanks tank's big 83 mm gun blasted the hot muzzle flashes seared scared his face and concussions shook earth over him One burst of flame set his blankets on fire To add to his troubles American artillery began began began be be- gan laying shells around the enemy tank I thought sure the next one would be mine said McKown One shell finally scored a direct dIrect di direct dI- dI hit on the tank and set it afire Ammunition in the burning burning burning burn burn- ing tank started exploding and more blasts rattled McKown In his foxhole Finally the explosions ceased and the scorched sergeant began to perspire less freely Halt exclaimed a distinctly German voice e as T 5 Tony P P. P Flenda of Brooklyn started to ask directions Tony who had parked his am am- loaded jeep only a few moments before realized he had crossed the German border after getting lost on darkened roads Komm hier called the Brooklyn soldier using the only German he knew The nazi guard approached an and Tony stuck his prize souvenir souvenir souvenir nir a captured German pistol into the sentry's ribs But two other sentries had heard their comrades comrade's challenge They started forward as Tony backed toward his jeep holding g his prisoner before him The other two nazis opened d fire firo and Tony felt the man in his grasp go limp He dropped I him and opened fire gradually worked his way to the jeep jumped in and dashed to his own lines JInes with bullets zinging around his ears I was scared said Tony But them krauts knocking ot off their own that man-that me Uti Prisoners told their F Fir at fantry division cap capto lots that fore for e their break tt through break re in i glum gium last month they S were Wre t by one high German officer If you arc are brave inS and resourceful you will rid American vehicles vehicle and c Ct American food It If If however I g are arc stupid and COWardly lack and Initiative hungry all an you l the way to English channel y The nazi bit big sho shot a got ot his Vo wires pt Germans eros crossed d. d Lot are riding toi toward ari English channel and Sf American thiS t chow-but chow they prisoners of war y |